Water gate or valve



(No Model.)

E.` JENDIS. WATER GATE 0R VALVE.

No. 594,954. Patented Deo. 7, 1897.

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UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL .IENDIs7 OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER GATE OR VALVE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 594,954, dated December 7, 1897.

Application liled August 5 1897. Serial No. 647,188. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL .IENDIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vater Gates orrValves, which are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure l shows my said new device in longitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 2 shows the same as seen when looking Ifoward the wa-l ter-entrances thereof. Fig. 3 shows the valve Fig. 4 shows the valve in a slightly-modified form of construction.

Like letters refer to like parts.

The Object of my invention is to produce a water gate or valve for the admission and passing of waters of different temperatures or qualities. To attain said desirable ends, I construct my said device in substantially the following manner, namely: I make a cylindrical shell a and provide the same wit-h entrances d @2in axial line, and diametrically opposite and between said entrances I make a dischargeorice a3. Into said shell is tted a revoluble hollow gated plug b, provided with diagonally OppositeV Openings Z2 b2, and midway between said openings and so asto correspond with the opening through the discharge-opening a3 are diametrically opposite Openings b3 b4. Said plug is provided with a spindle b5 and has concaved shoulders wlierethe shaft joins the plug, and a square outer end be to said shaft to receive a lever c. On said spindle is a metallic packing-ring r, formed to t said rounded shoulder, and upon said ring is placed a suitable tow or other soft packing p, upon which is placed a flanged ring r2, and over said flanged ring is placed an internallyscrew-threaded cap s, engaging with corresponding threads on the outside of the shell a and through which passes the shaft or spindle b5, and thus is formed a water-tight end to said plug. The lever c is so placed that its longitudinal axis is in the same plane as the axial plane which passes through the plug, the shell, and its several parts when either of the entrances is open. One of said entrances is marked for cold water and the other one for hot water.

The openings b' b2 b3 b4 in the plug, Fig. 3, are in the same axial plane and diametrically opposite to the axis and therefore require a complete half-revolution of the lever to close one set and'open the opposite set of openings to the same entrances. When said lever is moved through ninety degrees, all the ports are fully closed and the fact indicated by a plate supported on a wall or other near and suitable object, with the positions l 2 3 marked as Closed, Cold, l-Iot.

In the modified construction of the'plug shown in Fig. 4 the opening b2 is brought on the same side axially withthe opening b" and in or in nearly the same plane. In any such modified form Ofconstruction both kinds of water may run simultaneously, or when'said opening b2 is placed more or less to one side of the said plane it will correspondingly effect the ilow of that kind of water which flows through it and thus temper the water iiowing.

What I-claim is- The combination with a cylindrical hollow shell with three openings whereof two are on the same side of the axis and in the same axial plane with the third opening which is diametrically opposite to said two openings and midway between them, of a cylindrically hollow and revoluble plug with diagonally Opposite entrance-openings in the same axial plane, and diametrically and directly opposite discharge-openings midway between said entrance-openings, and in thesame plane as said entrance-openings, substantially as specified.

EMIL JENDIS. Witnesses: v

WM. ZIMMERMAN, P. H. HOLLAND. 

